If you hand your laptop to someone for a few minutes, they can still open Messages, Photos, Notes, Mail, WhatsApp, browsers, password managers, and other personal apps. I wanted a way to protect specific applications without constantly locking my entire Mac.

I looked around for solutions, but most were outdated, paid, abandoned, or didn't feel native to macOS.

So I built FaceGate.

FaceGate is a native macOS app that lets you lock individual applications and unlock them using Face Unlock, Touch ID, or a password.

A few things I focused on from day one:

• Everything runs locally on your Mac
• No cloud processing
• No accounts
• No telemetry
• No subscriptions
• Fully open source

Features:

• Face Unlock powered entirely on-device using Apple's Neural Engine - little impact on cpu and gpu resources.
• Fast authentication with very low memory and CPU usage
• Liveness detection to prevent photo and video spoofing attacks
• Touch ID and password fallback
• Per-app unlock timers
• Automatic re-lock on sleep, wake, or screen lock
• Custom schedules for automatic lock/unlock periods
• Tamper protection that prevents FaceGate from being quit, disabled, or uninstalled without authentication
• Runs quietly from the menu bar with minimal system impact.

The entire project is written in Swift and designed specifically for macOS.

This is still actively being developed, and I'd genuinely love feedback from Mac users.

Some questions:

• Is app-level locking something you've wanted on macOS?
• Which apps would you personally lock?
• What security or privacy features would you like to see added?

Website: https://facegate-applocker.vercel.app/

GitHub: https://github.com/dweep-desai/FaceGate-Mac

If you think I did a good job, please feel free to leave a star on my github repo - means a lot to me.

Feedback, feature requests, bug reports, and contributions are all welcome. I'd love to hear what you think.

What my project does: WebGraph turns any website into an interactive map. Instead of digging through HTML, links, or developer tools, you can visually see how a website is built, and how it connects to other sites.

Video is a DEMO graph, if you want to see how it works, try the live demo lol

The demo doesn't work for many websites due to blocking repetitive requests, but it works well when you self-run it.
LIVE DEMO AT https://webgraph.kitaaura.com/
GitHub at https://github.com/kitakitaaura/webgraph

I developed Weather World because I wanted a simpler, more helpful way to stay ahead of the forecast. I truly believe that a weather app should be a tool that makes your life easier, not a source of distraction with ads and confusing menus.

How it helps you: The core of the app is all about visual clarity. I’ve focused on creating intuitive graphs that let you see temperature shifts and precipitation trends at a single glance. Instead of reading through long lists of numbers, you can visualize exactly how your day will unfold. It’s minimalist, lightweight, and built for speed—perfect for anyone who values a clean Android experience.

I’d love your support! Please give it a try and see if it helps your daily routine. If you find it useful, please recommend it to your friends! As a solo developer, your support and word-of-mouth are what help me improve and grow.

In compliance with the community rules, I’ve shared the link via IndieAppCircle. Check it out there and let me know what you think!

Find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danie.pocasisveta

Problem

Windows Search has always felt too limited to me.

It can open apps and sometimes find files, but when I actually want to search my PC properly, it usually falls apart.

I want to search and use features like:

- Text inside files, code, and images

- Browser bookmarks and history

- Clipboard history

- Git commits

- Windows settings

- Local commands

- Local agents for Windows

Windows Search is not powerful enough for this workflow.

So I Built OmniSearch

OmniSearch is a fast, lightweight, local-first Windows launcher that opens with:

"Alt + Space"

You can also set your own custom hotkey.

It gives you one search box for your PC.

Instead of only searching apps or basic file names, OmniSearch can search across:

- Apps

- Files and folders

- Content inside files, supporting 50+ extensions

- Image OCR text

- Browser bookmarks and history

- Clipboard history

- Git commits

- Windows settings and Control Panel pages

It also features an AI agent powered by Hermes and includes a powerful clipboard manager that gives you features no other Windows clipboard manager provides.

The goal is simple: Find everything on your PC from one shortcut.

Why is OmniSearch better than Windows Search and other popular launchers?

- Free and open source

- Local-first

- Lightweight

- Designed to run easily on low-end Windows PCs

- Image OCR text search

- Blazing-fast search of content inside files, supporting 50+ extensions

- Blazing-fast search over centralized PC history, including browser history, Git commit history, clipboard history, and file history

- Hermes agents for local Windows tasks and long autonomous tasks

Links

Free and open source.

GitHub: https://github.com/PranshulSoni/omnisearch

Website: https://omnisearch-windows.vercel.app/

Feedback

I am currently maintaining OmniSearch, and honestly, I cannot find and fix every bug alone because building a launcher like this on Windows is genuinely hard.

I would love feedback from people who use Windows every day.

If OmniSearch solves a problem for you too, please consider leaving a star on GitHub.

If you have ideas, find bugs, or want to improve something, feel free to open an issue or contribute to the project.

Your feedback is always appreciated.

Tired of paying $30–$50/month just to see a company's ratios or balance sheet from 10 years ago, so I built StockNest. Completely free, no account required with 120+ metrics

https://stocknest.app/

Data comes straight from SEC EDGAR filings with reconciliation passes to keep the numbers accurate and consistent.

What it includes:

Compare : chart any combination of metrics across up to 5 tickers simultaneously. 120+ metrics across income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, valuations, and margins. TTM, quarterly, and annual. 2Y / 5Y / 10Y / All-time ranges. Share any comparison through a URL.

Financials : full income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement side by side. Annual and quarterly views.

Scorecard : 1–5 scoring across Profitability, Management, Growth, and Financial Health. Each score is based on real thresholds like net margin, ROIC, and debt/EBITDA. Interactive sparklines for every metric, expand charts, and trend arrows showing improvement or deterioration over the last year. Tracks the last 12 quarters.

Growth : YoY table with 3Y / 5Y / 10Y CAGRs for revenue, earnings, EPS, FCF, and OCF. Quarterly sparkline charts included.

DCF : pre-filled from historical data. EPS, FCF/share, or OCF/share. Tune growth rate, decay, terminal multiple, and discount rate. 5Y or 10Y horizon.

Screener : filter by 20+ valuation, profitability, return, and health metrics. Sortable results, click any ticker to jump straight into a comparison.

US-listed companies only for now. Would love to hear what you think.

I’m a solo dev and I built LiftAI because two things broke every fitness app for me:

1. Rigid plans fail in the real world. They fall apart the second you’re tired, short on time, or the squat rack is taken.
2. Food trackers suck at real food. Try searching for your mom’s cooking or a homemade cultural dish, and you get 15 wrong entries. It makes tracking a guessing game.

So, I built an AI trainer and nutrition coach that moves with you instead of against you.

Here’s the TL;DR:

• 🧠 Real-Time AI Coach: Workout needs to change? Tell the AI you’re short on time or the machine is taken, and it rewrites your plan on the fly.
• 🍔 Type-to-Track Nutrition: No more barcode scanning or broken databases. Just type naturally ("two rotis, dal, half a cup of rice") and the AI instantly parses your macros and calories. It actually understands cultural and home-cooked meals!
• 📱 Frictionless Logging: Fluid UI, rest timers, exercise demos, and Dynamic Island support so you aren’t glued to the screen.
• 📊 Smart Progress: Auto-tracks volume, PRs, consistency heatmaps, and pace-to-goal projections.

🎁 I’m giving away FREE 1-Year PRO access! I want to build something people actually love, so I’m looking for active testers to help shape the next updates.

How to get it! (Limited Spots!):

1. Upvote this post so others can see it!
2. Comment below: What is the most annoying thing about your current fitness/nutrition app?
3. Send me a message after commenting

👉 App Store Link: LiftAI - AI Workout Trainer

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I made an app that helps you clean up your photo gallery quickly and easily with Tinder-style swipes, the app also detects duplicates and similar photo series, combining them into one swipe so you don't have to choose manually.

Everything is private and works offline. Your photos never leave your device or get uploaded to any servers.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picmori-gallery-cleaner/id6761053947

Solo dev here. I built Mood Note, a private journaling app for iOS — and I've unlocked lifetime Pro for free (no subscription, no catch).

• 🎙️ Voice journaling with live transcription (multi-language, auto-detects your device language)
• 😌 Daily mood tracker with graphical stats
• ✏️ Sketch/draw entries
• 📷 Photo diary + templates
• 🔒 Passcode .
• The ask: grab it free, use it for a few days, and tell me what sucks. If it's useful, a quick App Store rating genuinely helps a solo dev a lot. Here is my app Mood Note - Photo Diary

🎁 Free lifetime access for early users

A – Answer: EveryVoyage is a travel app for recording the full journey, not just isolated highlights. You can record routes with GPS, save moments along the way, create trips, share updates, follow other travellers and build a personal map of everywhere you’ve been.

B – Better: Travel memories usually end up scattered everywhere. Photos in one place, routes in maps, saved places somewhere else, notes, screenshots, messages and random recommendations. EveryVoyage tries to bring the route, moments, trips, map and feed together so the full adventure feels connected as it unfolds.

C – Cost: The app is free to download, and while we’re still early we’re opening up a limited number of Founding Member spots which lock in free access for life.

I’m Luke, one of the founders. The idea came from something we kept feeling on trips: the adventure never really lives in one place.

We only launched around a week ago, and it has already been amazing to see hundreds of people recording their adventures with GPS from different parts of the world.

Not just the highlights, but the route, the stops, the little detours, the places you nearly missed, the people following along, and the moments that only make sense when you see how the trip unfolded.

The simple way to describe it is Strava for travel.

The tracking, trip recording, moments, maps and feed are live now. Next, we’re building route planning, discovery, gamification, animated route recaps and more, but we want those features shaped by people who actually use the app rather than guessing from the sidelines.

Download here:
https://everyvoyage.com/app

Would genuinely love feedback on whether this feels like a real gap, what feels useful, and what you’d want us to build next.

Thanks for taking a look.

Luke

Hi all,

Giving away my multiplatform productivity app, TriggerFlo.app, for free in exchange for feedback. Just claim at Stripe checkout (link at our website or in-app), using the following code:

Code: FREE FREE2 (20 100 coupons, but will bump if more are needed)

A lot exists, but a lot is planned. I'd love to get more users to help guide the direction of the product.

Edit:
Discord invite link for those that want to talk with us directly: https://discord.gg/DNQc2ppgr

UPDATE Over 120 people redeemed all free codes. If you want 40% off any plan use code FORTY.

I kept needing to grab text off screenshots — code from a paused video, a formula in a PDF, a table from a dashboard — and every tool either uploaded my image to a server or used a big AI model that confidently invented text that wasn't there.

So I built OCR Buddy. You drag-select any region of the screen and it reads it locally. No server, no account, no telemetry — models are bundled in the extension and run on your device (WebGPU, WASM fallback). Three modes: plain text/code, formula → LaTeX, and table → Markdown.

The design bet is "faithful over fluent": classic detection + recognition instead of a generative model, so when the image is unclear it shows low-confidence or blank instead of inventing a sentence. The source crop always sits next to the result so you can check it.

Free and MIT. I'm the author — happy to answer anything.

Site: https://www.ocr-buddy.com/ · Code: github.com/Fanfulla/ocr-buddy

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a small Android privacy tool for travelers.

The idea is simple: when you enter a hotel room, Airbnb, or rental, the app gives you a few quick checks in one place:

• scan nearby Wi-Fi names and devices
• check Bluetooth signals around you
• use magnetic readings to notice electronics nearby
• follow a manual room checklist
• look for lens reflections and suspicious spots

It’s not meant to magically detect every hidden camera. I’m trying to make it a practical checklist + scanner tool that helps people inspect a room faster.

I’d really appreciate feedback on the idea and the UI.

What would make this more useful before releasing it wider?

The Focusing App is now in public beta. Free tier is free forever, no catch, no credit card required. Feedback is welcome but not required.

Every focus tool on the market is a blocklist. Block YouTube, block Reddit, and now you can't reach the tutorial or the one thread you actually need.

The Focusing App doesn't block domains. You describe your intent, what you're working on right now, and AI intercepts and analyzes your network traffic in real time. URLs, page content, feeds, all of it, classified against what you're trying to do. Same site, different session, different verdict.

It works the other way around too. Don't want to describe what you're doing, just what you want gone? Tell it what to filter out and everything else stays open.

Network-level. Not a browser extension. Every browser, every app, every request on your machine. Can't be bypassed.

Paid tiers with additional daily quota ranges from 14.99 to 29.99

thefocusingapp.com or in short: focusing.app

This is a public beta, so expect rough edges. If something breaks or feels off, let us know. Every bug report and piece of feedback helps make this better.

Got feature ideas, complaints, or just want to see what we're building? Come hang out at r/TheFocusingApp.

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Edit: As of now, the app is only available within the following regions: USA, Canada, United Kingdom and the EU.

if you would like the app to be available in your region, please comment here or request it on r/TheFocusingApp by creating a post. We would love to expand access to your region!

Showgest: Films & Watchlist.

- Android
- $0.99 → Free Lifetime
- Play Store Link
- Open to feedbacks

I got frustrated with every film discovery app requiring an account and tracking your behaviour just to tell you what to watch. So I built Showgest, swipe vertically through film posters like a reel, add to your watchlist, done. No sign-up, no personal data collected, works immediately out of the box.

What it does:

• TikTok-style vertical swipe to discover films.
• Watchlist with export, import, backup, tracking and notification.
• Daily or weekly push notifications on what to watch.
• Anonymous by default, no account ever required

EDIT: It is 100% free and open. No code needed.

For years my actual working todo list has been physical sticky notes on the wall next to my desk. Three columns, drawn with a sharpie: to do, doing, done. I'd try every app every few months (notion, todoist, linear, trello, the works) and within a week I was back on paper.

The thing paper had was: zero friction, zero structure, zero "are you sure you want to archive this?" dialogs. You scribble, you slap it on the wall, you tear it off when it's done.

So I spent the last few months building the digital version of that wall. It's called stickyboard. Three columns, drag and drop, that's it. The notes are actual sticky-note looking notes (slight rotation, paper grain, curled corner) because turns out the visual matters way more than I expected. Looking at a board of colored notes feels different from looking at a checklist. I'm more willing to add stuff to it.

A few things that turned out to matter for me:

• it replaces my new tab in chrome, so I see my board every time I open one. zero "open the app" step
• there's a mac menubar version for quick adds without leaving whatever I'm doing
• you can draw on a note (rough sketch, arrow, doodle) which sounds dumb but is great for "remember this layout" type todos
• shared boards for the two side projects I work on with someone else
• free for personal use

It's at stickyboard.dev if you want to poke at it. Not trying to convert anyone, genuinely just curious what other recovering-todo-app-jumpers settled on.

Hi everyone! 👋

I am an indie developer and a few months ago, I launched IconSync as a paid app ($4.99). It’s a native macOS utility built to solve a specific pain point: App Icon generation and management.

After receiving some great feedback from the community, I made a big decision today: I am making the core app completely FREE, forever! 🎉

I want this tool to be accessible to as many developers as possible. (I might add some optional "Pro" features like watchOS/tvOS support as an IAP in the future, but the core iOS/Android generation it has right now will always remain free).

Why use IconSync instead of web converters? Most tools give you a messy ZIP file that you have to manually extract and sort. IconSync processes your master icon (1024x1024) locally and writes the assets directly into your development environment:

• Xcode: Automatically generates the .appiconset folder and updates the Contents.json.
• Android Studio: Auto-populates all the necessary mipmap folders.

Key Features:

• ⚡️ Direct Integration: No more manual dragging, dropping, or unzipping.
• 🔒 100% Offline & Private: Built natively with SwiftUI, works entirely on your machine.
• 🚫 No Subscriptions: Ever.

Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/iconsync-icon-resizer-sync/id6756281294?mt=12

If this tool saves you some time on your projects, dropping a quick 5-star rating on the App Store would mean the world to me and help the app grow organically.

Enjoy and happy coding! 💻✨

Hey everyone, let me introduce an app I built for my own cycling adventures!

And this week only.... Free forever, no subscription, no ads!

Available worldwide, including the EU!

BikeComputerApp is a cycling tracker app that lets you record and review your rides with all the data you care about.

Track your rides with GPS, monitor your speed, distance, elevation and heart rate in real time. After each ride, review your stats, see your route on the map, and keep a full history of your cycling activity.

Key Features

• Real-time GPS tracking
• Speed, distance, and elevation monitoring
• Heart rate tracking
• Ride history with full stats
• Route map replay
• Weather data for each ride
• Apple Health integration
• Dark/Light mode
• Support the developer with a tip (totally optional!)

It's completely free, forever. Feedback is always welcome!

Download it here -> https://apps.apple.com/app/bikecomputerapp/id6758956968

Hi everyone 👋

I built Keep&Go, a swipe-based photo cleaner & organizer for iPhone.

The idea is to make cleaning your photo library faster and more intuitive.

Core features:

- Swipe left to delete photos

- Swipe right to keep photos

- Organize photos by location and month

- Find duplicate and similar photos

- Compress photos and videos to free up storage

Why I built it:

My iPhone storage was constantly full, and I wanted a faster way to go through photos instead of manually deleting everything.

Pricing:

- Lifetime access: $0

- No subscription

- No ads

Everything runs on-device for privacy.

Would love feedback from anyone who has similar iPhone storage issues 🙏

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keep-go-ai-photo-cleaner/id6755326177

Hi everyone,

I'm a solo dev, and I recently released my first app, KeepProof.

I originally built it because I was frustrated with losing receipts, forgetting voucher valid dates, and having no easy way to know which products were still covered when something broke.

Most receipt apps focus on storing documents. I wanted something more visual. With KeepProof, every item is represented by a photo, so instead of scrolling through a list of PDFs or receipts, you can quickly see all the products you own and instantly identify which ones are still under warranty.

What KeepProof does

✅ Store receipts digitally

✅ Track warranty expiry dates

✅ Organise purchases with photos

✅ Quickly see which items are still under warranty

✅ Search and browse visually

More uses

KeepProof can also be used for things beyond receipts:

✅ Membership cards

✅ Gift cards

✅ Vouchers

✅ Subscriptions

Anything you want to keep handy and organised visually.

Free for a limited time

🎉 Lifetime Premium: FREE (normally $5.99)

📅 Ends: June 28

How to claim your free access

1. Download KeepProof from the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/keepproof-receipt-warranty/id6760290131

2. Open the paywall by tapping the status banner at the top of the Settings page (it will initially show "Free version"), then select "One-Time" purchase. It will be free ($0) during the promo period.

3. The status banner should now show "Premium". Enjoy!

 

I'd really appreciate an upvote ⬆️ so more people can discover the post.

And if you find the app useful, an App Store review means the world to a solo dev ❤️

Thank you for checking it out, and I'm happy to answer any questions or hear any suggestions in the comments.